Pakistan
AP Exclusive: US, Pakistan agree to limit troops
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Al Qaeda
Q&A: Top NTC commander Abdel Hakim Belhadj
Afghanistan
Killing Rabbani
Afghanistan
The Death of Rabbani
Saudi Arabia
Unlikely alliance in Turkey and Saudi Arabia a mixed blessing for US
Pakistan
“Gunmen” killed 29 Shia in Mastung. Eight “militants” and a solider were killed after Taliban fighters attacked a checkpoint in Arakzai. Security forces detained 15 Taliban fighters in South Waziristan.
Taliban suicide bomber assassinates head of Afghan High Peace Council
The suicide bomber was led to Burhanuddin Rabbani for peace talks by a reconciled Taliban minister who has been described as “a trusted emissary.”
Afghanistan
A Taliban suicide bomber assassinated the head of the Afghan High Peace Council at his home in Kabul. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban and IMU commanders and fighters in Helmand, Kandahar, Paktia, Wardak, Nangarhar, Balk, and Kunduz.
China
Khamenei throws the gauntlet at the West
Iraq
Prime Minister Maliki called for Syrian President Bashir al Assad to step down. Admiral Mullen said the number of US forces in Iraq will drop to 30,000 by the end of September. Insurgents killed a police colonel in Mosul.
Somalia
Human Rights Watch has written a letter to President Obama seeking clarification of reports that the CIA is involved in “detention, interrogation, and transfer operations in Somalia that may violate domestic and international law.” The Minister of Defense vowed to drive Shabaab from Mogadishu.
Pakistan
Pakistan: ‘Political parties should ban armed wings’
Spain
Police arrested a 24-year-old man suspected of belonging to al Qaeda. The man, who was not named, had 1,120 radical videos on the Internet, many which he produced. He managed jihadist websites that were used for indoctrination and recruitment.
Egypt
G8 meets to cement Arab Spring transition plan
Afghanistan
Afghan Peace Council Chief Killed in Attack on His Home
Afghanistan
US spy agencies ‘struggle with post-9/11 languages’
Qatar
Head of Arab broadcaster Al Jazeera resigns
Afghan intelligence operations take on significant role
Robust Afghan intelligence operations have helped thwart numerous attacks this summer despite ongoing urban assaults and complex operations launched by the Taliban and the Haqqani Network.
Al Qaeda
Birmingham terror arrests: home of man convicted of plot to behead British soldier raided
United States
A future for drones: Automated killing
Egypt
Egypt: Islam-Based Party Is Banned
Syria
US Is Quietly Getting Ready for Syria Without Assad
Haqqani Network
Now, Hillary tells Hina: Act against LeT, Haqqani men
Pakistan
Reporters Without Borders condemns restrictions on journalists in Abbottabad
Pakistan
The Taliban killed six policemen and a civilian in a suicide attack on the home of a senior police official in Karachi. Five civilians were killed in a bombing at a CD shop in Peshawar. The Taliban assassinated a tribal leader in Mohmand and torched three fuel tankers in Mastung.
Afghanistan
The Taliban killed five policemen in a suicide attack in Jawzjan, a district counterterrorism chief in Kunduz, and an ISAF soldier in the south. Security forces killed and captured several Taliban fighters in Farah and Zabul.
Afghanistan
Afghan government minister accused of hampering fight against insurgents
Pakistan
US wants its Pakistan aid to reach more civilians
Iran
US officials are considering establishing a direct military hotline with Iran. Iranian forces would finish off the Kurdish rebel group, PJAK, “in the coming days”, said Iran’s ground forces commander. Iranian authorities have arrested a group of filmmakers and accused them of working for the BBC Persian service, which is banned in the country.
Saudi Arabia
A Saudi court has begun the trial of an al Qaeda cell that plotted to attack the Al-Udeid and As-Sailiyah US bases in Qatar. The cell consists of 41members and includes of 38 Saudis, a Qatari, an Afghan, and a Yemeni.